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Great Smoky Mountains Highlights

Cades Cove, Clingmans Dome and mountain towns in a long weekend.

Tennessee & North Carolina4 daysApr–OctLoop back homeWeekend getaway

Rig notes: Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and Cades Cove loop restrict large RVs — unhitch or use a toad.

Copies the stops into your own trip with real driving miles. You can re-plan, reorder or invite friends afterwards.

The route

  1. 1
    Pigeon Forge, TN · 2 nights

    Base for Cades Cove and Gatlinburg

  2. 2
    Townsend, TN · 1 night

    "Quiet side" of the Smokies, Cades Cove

  3. 3
    Bryson City, NC · 1 night

    Over Newfound Gap, Clingmans Dome